Score indicates widespread dissatisfaction in South Korea
Employees in South Korea have given the current administration's labour and employment policies a "failing grade," according to reports.
President Yoon Suk-yeol's labour and employment policies were given a score of 41.1 points out of 100, The Korea Herald reported, citing the poll of Gabjil 119.
According to the survey, which polled 1,000 employees, 35.2% gave the current admin a score range of 20 points or lower.
By gender, women gave a lower average score (38.1) than men (43.3). By company size, those with under 30 employees gave a lower average score (40.5) than those with more than 300 employees (47.5).
Working hours, discrimination in South Korea
This marks the second consecutive decline of the score given to Yoon's labour and employment policies, after last year's 42.8 points out of 100.
Gabjil 119 attributed the current score to the government's plan to increase working hours and leaving intact the discrimination against small workplace employees.
Kwon Du-seob, a lawyer with Gabjil 119, added that the Yoon administration's two-year labour policy can be summed up as "not doing what should be done while doing what should not be done."
"It's no surprise workers gave a failing grade," the group said in a statement quoted by The Korea Bizwire.
